Tag: dumb rules

July 15, 2025 at 3:47 am

She Dyed Her Hair Blue But Her Manager Demanded Natural Hair Colors, So She Weaponized Her Wig Collection in Response

woman holding a blonde wig

Every wig was a reminder that compliance can still be clever.

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June 16, 2025 at 1:46 pm

Boss Demanded Proof Of Recovery From A Simple Sick Day, So He Stuck Him In A Maze Of Medical Paperwork Instead Of Getting Back To Work

person carrying a stack of binders

It turns out, recovering from the flu was the easy part!

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May 31, 2025 at 6:48 pm

Fast Food Staff Tried To Enforce A Silly Ordering Policy, So One Mother Found A Smarter Way To Get What She Wanted

sub sandwich with tomato and lettuce on a plate

Ultimately, the best way to win is by playing by the rules — strategically, that is.

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April 22, 2025 at 11:35 pm

Manager Decided To Enforce An Antiquated Handbook, So His Employees Used Malicious Compliance To Create Pure Chaos

Manager Decided To Enforce An Antiquated Handbook, So His Employees Used Malicious Compliance To Create Pure Chaos

The handbook may have been revised, but the office’s sense of humor was left very much intact.

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March 24, 2025 at 4:22 pm

Homeowner Stubbornly Blocked A Neighbor’s Home Renovations, So When The Homeowner Went To Sell His Home, Their Neighbor Scared Off Potential Buyers To Get Revenge

man sabotaging a real estate sale

Turns out, bad neighbors might stop construction, but they can’t stop karma.

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March 17, 2025 at 7:21 am

Store’s Rigid Reward Policies Left A Customer Frustrated, So They Used The Return Counter To Make Their Own Solution

female shopper standing among shelves of food

When you push a customer too hard, they may just end up outsmarting you!

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March 17, 2025 at 1:49 am

Cashier Enforced A Minimum Purchase Rule For Card Payments, So A Customer Cancelled Their Entire Order Out Of Spite

surprised woman with credit card

When you push a customer too far, they just might push back.

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March 9, 2025 at 10:23 am

Manager Denied A Rental Car Request, So One Contractor Ended Up Spending Ten Times More On Taxis

Source: Getty/andresr, Reddit/MaliciousCompliance

Cutting corners doesn’t always cut costs!

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February 25, 2025 at 10:21 pm

Bank Tried To Charge Customer A Fee For Counting Coins, So He Made Them Count Every Last Cent By Hand

Source: Canva/Arthon meekodong, Reddit/MaliciousCompliance

And that’s how you turn cents into nonsense.

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February 25, 2025 at 5:21 pm

Company Management Enforced A Strict Reimbursement Protocol, So One Employee Found Creative Ways To Spend More Until They Changed Their Policy

Source: Canva/KHUNKORN, Reddit/MaliciousCompliance

It turns out, flexibility is the real money saver!

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